Black History of Unitarian Universalism: We Shape Our Faith Together

In February, Americans say the names and retell the stories of African Americans whose achievements and contributions helped to shape us as a nation. When we investigate unfamiliar corners of our shared past, we learn more about who we are today.

By Susan Lawrence |2/8/2018

Reflection on #MeToo

Over the past several weeks, I have been listening to and reading the many #MeToo stories unfolding in the news, in social media, in private conversations and in public ones. The conversations have been happening nationally, but also within Unitarian Universalism. I have been...

Find your onramp to the UU conversation on white supremacy

Right now, Unitarian Universalism is having a big, important conversation about institutional racism and white supremacy inside and outside our faith. It’s a big, important conversation, and it’s different for different people with different experiences and identities, different...

6/22/2017

UUA.org Gets Fresh

UUA.org, the website of the Unitarian Universalist Association, has just received a major refresher. With over 1.8 million visitors per year, UUA.org is the virtual front door to 1000+ Unitarian Universalist congregations and communities, and offers a critical way for individual...

5/22/2017

UUA Supports #UUWhiteSupremacyTeachIn

In the past few weeks, over 550 of 1000+ Unitarian Universalist congregations have joined the independently-organized UU White Supremacy Teach-In on April 30 - May 7, 2017. It is a chance to look critically within our faith communities - for the ways racism, sexism and...

4/21/2017

UUA Staff Receive Award for Supporting Employees in the Military

On Tuesday, January 10, six staff members of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) were awarded with the United States Secretary of Defense’s office of Employer Support to the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Patriot Award, an award given to individuals who have shown...

By Lauren Walleser |1/13/2017

Religious Activism: Political, Not Partisan

Unitarian Universalists have a long history of political activism and public witness on a wide variety of social justice issues. Are you or your congregation interested in becoming more politically active? Do you have questions on what is and isn’t allowed especially as it...

By Rachel Walden |1/11/2017

500 Clergy Join Peaceful Witness at Standing Rock

On Thursday, November 3, over 500 clergy – including over 50 Unitarian Universalist clergy – answered the call to come to Standing Rock in solidarity, prayer, and action with the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and the water protectors. The goal of the peaceful interfaith witness...

By Jill Goddard |11/7/2016

Defying the Nazis and Beyond

Broadcast Recap
On September 20, 2016, millions of Americans tuned in to watch Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War on PBS. The film by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky tells the courageous story of two Unitarians who helped hundreds escape from Nazi-occupied...

By UUA Program and Strategy: Outreach Office |10/12/2016

Love Wins

Debbie Cenziper is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The Washington Post. Over 20 years, Debbie's stories have sent people to prison, changed laws, prompted federal investigations and produced more funding for affordable housing, mental health care and...

8/9/2016

What Does Pride Mean in 2016? LGBTQ UUs Reflect

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month, a time when cities across the U.S. celebrate and affirm the diversity of sexual orientations and gender identities with pride festivals and parades of all varieties. Since last year’s victory for...

By Lauren Walleser |5/25/2016

Wise Words for Your Ministry

The Service of the Living Tradition (SLT) at General Assembly has been described by some as a solemn opportunity to honor generations of Unitarian Universalist ministers and by others as a raucous celebration of clergy milestones. Whether solemn or raucous, formal or...

By Rachel Walden |5/17/2016

How the Children Feel When Their Church is Wounded

The Rev. Jamil Scott, International Order of Buddhist Ministers, is Acting Director of Religious Exploration at First Unitarian Society of Denver, CO. In November 2015, the congregation’s Black Lives Matter banner was defaced with red paint. This is his story of what happened...

5/3/2016

The Radical Roots of Mother's Day

Long before Mother’s Day was celebrated with brunches and flower bouquets, Unitarian Julia Ward Howe wrote her Mother’s Day Proclamation to urge women across the world to join the cause of peacebuilding. Her words held a radical call to create peace that still resonates today...

Celebrating UU Women in History

March is Women’s History Month, a time to reflect on the incredible and often overlooked contributions women have made throughout history. Many Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist (UU) women have not only shaped and led the UU faith, but they’ve also left an...